Chocolate Chip Cookies

Dec 17, 2018

What is it that’s so special about a Chocolate Chip Cookie? Is it the chewy, melt-in-your-mouth, buttery goodness in every bite? Is it the warm, melted, gooey chocolate that instantly hits your tongue? Maybe it’s the satisfaction of watching the chocolate chips pull apart from each other as you break the cookie in half. Or maybe it’s all of the above.

For me, a perfect chocolate chip cookie has a lightly browned, slightly crisp edge, a soft, chewy center and a rich, “buttery” flavor. They should never be too puffy or cakey, nor too flat or crumbly. There’s a perfect in-between that isjust right.

I started my chocolate chip cookie journey while in college, and I’ll admit, it took me alongtime to get the texture just right. I didn’t have a family recipe to go by, as neither of my parents were bakers. So, I started from scratch (literally), especially considering I was aiming for a vegan and gluten-free cookie, to make matters more tricky! There’s a lot of pressure to perfect a chocolate chip cookie, as it’s such a traditional, staple dessert. It’s so simple, yet needs to tick off all the right boxes.

Funny story: after this particular photo shoot, I had some of my homemade vanilla ice cream in the freezer waiting to be scooped into cookie ice cream sandwiches for a separate photo shoot. I went to check on the ice cream about 10 minutes after uploading these photos to my computer, only to see them gone and my boyfriend happy as can be (until he saw my face), to which he replied: “you were finished, right?”